Snap-hook.



PATENTED JULY 18, 1905. J. A. PEEK. SNAP HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13,1905

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JAMES A. PEEK, OF

SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR Patented July 18, 1905.

PATENT I FFICE.

OF ONE-FOURTH TO CHARLES V. GALLAGHER AND ONE-FOURTH TO ALBERT G. LANG,

OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

SNAP-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 795,006, dated July 18, 1905. Application filed F br ary 13, 1905- Serial No. 245,377.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. PEEK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Snap-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to snap-hooks, and has for its object certain improvements with respect to the spring which closes the hook and also improved means for securing said spring, as will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete hook. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hook, showing how the spring is secured thereto. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 5 denotes the body of the hook, having at one end the usual loop or eye 6. The hook is closed by a flat spring 7, which bears sidewise against the end of the hook, the part against which the spring bears being made flat, as at 8. The spring yields laterally, and a ring or link is readily snapped on or off by a slight lateral pull or pressure. This is advantageous over the ordinary form of spring, which requires to be pressed downwardly before the ring or link can be snapped off. At the rear end of the body of the hook are cheeks 9 for securing the spring in a manner to be described hereinafter.. Between the checks is a lug 10, having on top a groove 11. At the rear of the cheeks a tongue 12 extends from the body of the hook, which tongue has on one side a rib 13.

In securing the spring to the hook the rear end of said hook is bent to form a loopl l, which is placed around the lug 10. The spring is clamped between the cheeks and the lug by bending the cheeks inwardly against the spring, and it is further secured by bending the tongue 12 down against its top edge, the rib 13 fitting in the groove 11. By this construction the spring will be securely fastened and its rear end is entirely covered.

The parts are readily assembled, and a hook constructed as described can be cheaply produced.

Having thus described my invention, what is new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. A snap-hook comprising a hook and a body portion; cheeks extending from the body portion; a lug between the cheeks and grooved on top; a spring for closing the hook, said spring having its rear end formed with a loop extending around the lug and clamped thereto by the cheeks; and a tongue extending from the body portion and over the top edge of the looped portion of the spring, said tongue having a rib fitting in the aforesaid groove.

2. A snap-hook comprising a hook and a body portion; cheeks extending from the body portion; a lug between the cheeks; a laterallyyielding spring having its free end engaging the end of the hook on the side thereof, and having its rear end formed with a loop extending around the lug and clamped thereto by the cheeks; and a tongue extending from the body portion and over the top edge of the looped portion of the spring.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES A. PEEK.

Witnesses:

A. G. LANG, O. V. GALLAGHER. 

